Posted by John Seidts [96.234.133.34] on Monday, November 23, 2015 at 07:05:01 :
In Reply to: Re: 6x6 chassis, 9000 miles, toss on a Dodge body and box? posted by Jerry in Idaho [24.49.176.137] on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 12:13:35 :
My friend (since deceased) was the son of a Ford Dealer in the Baltimore area. He worked in the shop when he was a kid. Ford made limited production runs of 1.5 ton trucks for essential use in WWII. They were all painted blue, were built in 1943, and were equipped with a wooden front bumper painted silver. Ford gave a slip of credit to each buyer which entitled them to receive, at the conclusion of WWII, a proper chrome bumper for the truck. About 10 years ago, I went to see a truck listed as a 1943. It was on a farm, and the original owner's son was selling it from the estate. Sure enough, it was one of the trucks sold by my friend's father, and I got to actually see the wooden bumper, traces of silver still present, which had been used to repair part of the barn after WWII. I have not seen another of these trucks since.
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